VERGENNES — Vergennes police took reports of almost a dozen break-ins or attempted break-ins into vehicles parked around the city during the night of Feb. 14, including the theft of a firearm from a car parked on Prospect Street.

Also, after a half-dozen burglaries or attempted burglaries into buildings the week before, city police reported three more such crimes last week.

Other vehicle break-ins and attempted unlawful trespass under the cover of darkness on Feb. 14 occurred on West Main, Main, South Water and South Maple streets.

Vergennes police are encouraging residents to lock their vehicles and report any suspicious activity to the department at 802-877-2201. Police said the spree of break-ins are under investigation.

Meanwhile, police said they are also looking into two burglary incidents on Feb. 12 and one on Feb. 15, all on Main Street and all of which are also the subject of ongoing investigations.

On Feb. 12 police said an individual “forced entry” into the offices of the Addison Housing Works nonprofit during the overnight hours, and that during the same night an unsuccessful attempt was made to break into the Park Squeeze restaurant. On Feb. 15 police said they responded to the Malabar business for a burglary complaint.

In other action between Feb. 10 and 16, Vergennes police conducted four traffic stops, two cruiser patrols, two background investigations and two VIN inspections; honored three pre-employment or volunteering fingerprint requests; responded to a false alarm, and also:

On Feb. 10:

• Enforced the city’s winter parking ban and ordered two vehicles towed from city streets.
• Helped a man whose truck was stuck in Falls Park, and in the process learned that his wife, who has Alzheimer’s, had wandered off from the area. Police helped find her and recommended services to the family.

On Feb. 11:

• Directed traffic around a disabled truck on Main Street near the Maplefields convenience store until it was towed.
• Dealt with a minor two-vehicle accident on Main Street.
• Conducted a commercial vehicle inspection on Monkton Road.
• Heard an allegation from a Green Street resident that a roommate “appears to be taking his food.”

On Feb. 13:

• Enforced the city’s winter parking ban.
• Took an advisory report from Maplefields that a man was loitering around the store and drinking alcohol and making some of the employees uncomfortable, and that a no-trespass order might be needed in the future.
• Responded to Monkton Road, where a delivery truck had become stuck in a culvert while trying to turn around in a driveway and was blocking a lane of traffic. The truck was soon towed out of trouble, police said.

On Feb. 14:

• Helped unlock a vehicle for its owner on Monkton Road.
• Turned over a wallet found on South Water Street to its owner.
• Enforced the city’s winter parking ban.